Esteban Cabeza de Baca

Biography

Esteban Cabeza de Baca (b. 1985, San Ysidro, CA) is an artist whose observational paintings are dream-like impressions of his own lived experience, and are often shaped toward capturing and reimagining lost cultural histories. A recent Columbia University MFA graduate, Cabeza de Baca has completed residencies at the LMCC Workspace Program, New York; the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, New York; and a Byrdcliffe Residency, in Woodstock, New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Unlearn, Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Bluer than a sky weeping bones, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA. Group exhibitions include The Complexities of Unity, Yale University; Home/Not Home, Colorado Convention Center; Water Is Life: Indigenous Peoples Day in Support against Dakota Access Pipeline, Salvage Station, Asheville, NC; The Narrative Figure, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Scent, Dickinson Gallery, New York; and Manhattan TODAY, Leroy Neiman Art Center, New York. Cabeza de Baca currently lives and works in Queens, NY and Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he is a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten.

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BORN

1985, San Ysidro, California, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

Unlearn, Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016

Bluer Than a Sky Weeping Bones, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2017

Verano, with Heidi Howard, Gaa Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, USA

2010

Powers That Be, 41 Cooper Union Gallery, New York, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

Spring 2017, Gaa Gallery Cologne Project Space, Cologne, Germany

The Complexities of Unity, Yale University School of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT, USA

2016

Summertime, Gaa Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, USA

Inside Outside Landscape, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME, USA

The Narrative Figure, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA

2015

Scent, Dickinson Gallery, New York, NY curated by Julio Felix2015 Drums Along the Hudson, Indian Road Cafe, Inwood, New York curated by Jeff Hoppa

News

Esteban Cabeza de Baca - Solo Exhibition @ Galerie Fons Welters

January 2018

Gaa Gallery is pleased to share the solo exhibition of gallery artist Esteban Cabeza de Baca. Unlearn is up at Galerie Fons Welters Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 27 through March 10.

Esteban Cabeza de Baca - Open Studio @ Rijksakademie

November 2017

Many congratulations to Esteban Cabeza de Baca who recently completed his first year at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Esteban's work will be featured in the RijksOpen studios from November 24th to 26th. Opening hours are Friday, November 24, 12 - 7pm; Saturday, November 25, 11am - 7pm; and Sunday, November 26, 11am - 7pm.

Heidi Howard + Esteban Cabeza de Baca - Verano

September 2017

Gaa Gallery Wellfleet is pleased to present Verano, a two-person exhibition of new paintings by Esteban Cabeza de Baca and Heidi Howard. Opening Reception Saturday, September 2, 5 - 8pm. This exhibition runs September 2 - November 26, 2017.

Spring 2017 at Gaa Gallery Project Space Cologne

APRIL 2017

Gaa Gallery is pleased to present Spring 2017, a group exhibition featuring the work of Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Heidi Howard, Barry Stone, and Peter Zimmermann. The Gaa Gallery Project Space Cologne is located at Große Brinkgasse 8, 50672 Cologne, with parking available across the street at the Parkhaus Bazaar de Cologne. The exhibition will be open daily, April 23 - 30, 11am - 6pm. Closed Tuesday, April 25. Opening reception Sunday, April 23 from 11am - 4pm.

Esteban Cabeza de Baca awarded residency at Rijksakademie

January 2017

Esteban Cabeza de Baca - Bluer Than a Sky Weeping Bones

MAY 2016

Gaa Gallery Provincetown is pleased to present Bluer Than a Sky Weeping Bones, new paintings by Esteban Cabeza de Baca. The exhibition will run from May 27 to July 6. Please join us for an opening reception and artist talk on Friday May 27 from 6 - 8pm.

Summertime - Group Exhibition

MAY 2016

Gaa Gallery Wellfleet is pleased to announce the upcoming group exhibition, Summertime, featuring the work of Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Rodney Dickson, Thoralf Knobloch, Dani Leventhal, Martin Mannig, Gail Marks, Barry Stone, Erika Wastrom, and Erin Woodbrey. Please join us on Saturday, May 28 from 6 - 8pm for an opening reception. Summertime will be up May 28 - June 29.